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Cordyceps

Maybe

An estimated 0.1% of orders come back. But demand is soft, at -30.8% this quarter, so Cordyceps is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
55
55 / 100
Top 22% of 2,966 Drogerie & Körperpflege niches · +6 vs the category median of 49
Market size
€219K/yr120K searches / yr
90-day growth
-30.8%search demand this quarter
Competition
67%top-5 click share · 19 brands · 30 sellers

Flapen Score

Cordyceps against its category

The dotted line is the Drogerie & Körperpflege average. Past it, Cordyceps is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

55Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Cordyceps market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon Germany searched for Cordyceps 120K times last year and spent an estimated €219K. The top 5 brands take 67% of clicks. Flapen scores it 55 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 8.3% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 120K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon Germany for this niche's terms. An estimated 8.3% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -30.8% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated €219K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
120K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-30.8%
Conversion, latest week
8.3%
Market size, estimated
€219Ka year
Peak month
January1.4× the quietest month
Top search term
cordyceps66K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth €21.87.

Listings sell for €21.87 on average, from €9.87 to €66.49. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 10K to 13K a year. The average listing sells 500 to 750 of them. At €21.87 that is €11K to €16K a year per listing.

Average price
€21.87inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
€9.87–€66.49
Amazon Germany median price
€18.99across 29,809 niches
Units sold a year
10K–13K
Units per listing a year
500–750
Revenue per listing a year
€11K–€16K
Returns
0.1%of orders · Amazon Germany median 1.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

79% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 84% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #126 within Pflanzliche Ergänzungsmittel. It carries 513 reviews at 4.43 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
79%
Prime listings
84%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#126in Pflanzliche Ergänzungsmittel
Average rating
4.43 starsAmazon Germany average 4.37 stars
Average reviews
513per listing
Listings tracked
19

04 · Newcomers

0 of last year's 3 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

3 products launched here in the last 12 months. 0 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 56 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
3
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
56 months

Products

Top Cordyceps products & what they sell for

Every tracked product: its share of the shelf, its reviews, and its price.

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Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 67% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

Brands

19 falling

Sellers

30

Top-5 brand share

67%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

67%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

28%

  • Brand 123%
  • Brand 215%
  • Brand 313%
  • Brand 410%
  • Brand 56%
  • Brand 65%

Demand

Cordyceps search demand

Weekly searches over the year, seasonality beneath. Pick a range.

4K3KSpike '24Black Friday '24Holiday '24Spike '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.4×

Search terms

Top Cordyceps search terms shoppers use

The exact words shoppers type, with yearly volume, growth, and conversion.

  • cordyceps66K/yr
  • cordyceps kapseln hochdosiert24K/yr
  • cordyceps kapseln9K/yr
  • cordyceps militaris6K/yr
  • cordyceps sinensis5K/yr
  • cordyceps pulse7K/yr
  • cordyceps bio3K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Cordyceps

We read the reviews and the return reasons for every product selling here.

17%of positive reviews mention “Qualität insgesamt”
27%of negative reviews mention “Funktionalität insgesamt”
0.1%of orders come back
“Überhaupt keine Wirkung”
A buyer, on “Funktionalität insgesamt”27% of negative reviews mention the same topic

Every topic

Every topic buyers talk about, one row each.

Red shows the share of negative reviews and green the share of positive reviews, biggest topic first. Open a row to read what they wrote.

17 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Cordyceps questions

Answered from the same tracked data.